(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
fishpotter
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
hainesport
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hyperstoic
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
lithosperm
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
orpheonist
orthoepies
orthoepies
noun
plural of orthoepy
orthoepist
orthoepist
noun
An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who tried to establish standard English pronunciations and spellings.
perthosite
portership
portership
noun
The office or duty of a porter
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
prehostile
pretorship
pretorship
noun
Alternative form of praetorship
priesthood
priesthood
noun
Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.
Priests as a group; the clergy.
The role or office of a priest.
proatheism
proatheist
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
prosthesis
prosthesis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) Prothesis.
(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
prosthetic
prosthetic
adj
artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis
noun
An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.
An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.
rectorship
rectorship
noun
(obsolete) Government; guidance.
The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
spheration
spirochete
spirochete
noun
Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.
splotchier
splotchier
adj
comparative form of splotchy: more splotchy
spritehood
spritehood
noun
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
strophiole
strophiole
noun
(botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds.
tensorship
thermopsis
thesprotia
thesprotia
Proper noun
a prefecture in Greece
thesprotis
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
toparchies
toparchies
noun
plural of toparchy
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.